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voice [n]
 
1)the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: sound  androglossia 
 
2)the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
    Synonyms :phonation vocalisation vocalization vox 
    See Also: communication  phonate  sound  singing_voice  sprechgesang  voice_over 
 
3)a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: sound 
 
4)expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"
    Synonyms :articulation 
    See Also: expression  articulate  articulate  articulate 
 
5)a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: agency 
 
6)something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: communication 
 
7)(metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: singer  metonymy 
 
8)an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
    Synonyms :interpreter representative spokesperson 
    See Also: advocate  ambassador  flack  mouth  spokesman  spokeswoman  bagman 
 
9)the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: physical_ability  sound  lung-power 
 
10)(linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
    Synonyms :
    See Also: grammatical_relation  linguistics  active  passive 
 
11)the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
    Synonyms :part 
    See Also: air  primo  secondo  voice_part  accompaniment  bass 
 
voice [v]
 
1)give voice to; "He voiced his concern"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: express  articulation  voicer 
 
2)utter with vibrating vocal chords
    Synonyms :sound vocalise vocalize 
    See Also: articulate  phonation  utterer  singer  phone  sonant  devoice  chirk  quaver 
 



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